Manager, Quebec Auto Pricing (bilingual)
Date: Oct 23, 2025
Location: Montreal, QC (Hybrid), CA
Company: Wawanesa Insurance
Job ID: 9523
Working Business Language: Bilingual in French and English. This role is considered a head office role and requires regular interaction with internal and external stakeholders across Canada where the business languages utilized are both English and French. As such, the successful candidate must be fully proficient in English and French.
Salary: At Wawanesa, salary is only one component of a holistic, comprehensive and competitive offering that we provide to our employees. In addition to salary, full-time and part-time permanent employees are eligible for an annual bonus plan, leave of absence top-up programs and provided with generous vacation time, personal days, premium free benefits and pension plan.
The salary offered for this role is determined with consideration to various factors, including but not limited to: your work location, local labour market conditions, external market salary data, internal pay equity and the knowledge, skills, experience and anticipated proficiency in the role. The salary offered is estimated to be within the following range: $145,000 - $160,000. Candidates with salary expectations outside of the range are still encouraged to apply.
About Us
At Wawanesa, we’re proud to offer a hybrid work environment that offers flexibility to our employees in balancing in-office (2 days per week OR 15 hours per week in a Wawanesa office) and remote work. You may work from the Montreal, QC location.
The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company (“Wawanesa Mutual”), founded in 1896, is one of Canada’s largest mutual insurers, with over $3.5 billion in annual revenue and assets of $10 billion (CAD). Wawanesa Mutual, with its National Headquarters in Winnipeg, is the parent company of Wawanesa Life, which provides life insurance products and services throughout Canada, and Western Financial Group, which distributes personal and business insurance across Canada. Wawanesa proudly serves more than 1.7 million members in Canada, and we are home to more than 3,600 employees distributed across the Canadian regions and communities where we operate. We give back to organizations that strengthen communities, donating more than $3.5 million annually to charitable organizations, including over $2 million annually in support of people on the front lines of climate change. To learn more visit wawanesa.com.
We are currently looking for dedicated, driven, and enthusiastic individuals who thrive in an environment that welcomes change and are looking for an opportunity for diverse experience and advancement on a growing team.
Job Overview
Working under minimal supervision, the Manager, Quebec Auto Pricing is responsible for leading an actuarial pricing team focused on delivering Wawanesa’s Quebec Auto objectives. The role drives the development, implementation, and monitoring of pricing strategies that balance growth, profitability, and member value within the context of Quebec market.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain rating structures and rates, inclusive of soliciting input from multiple areas of the company.
- Provide oversight of actuarial analysis of insurance rates, rating procedures and rating plans.
- Develop rate change recommendations aligned with corporate financial objectives and regulatory expectations.
- Assist with the implementation of approved refinements to current risk classification systems (rating plans), pricing models and ratemaking methodologies as appropriate to meet the organizational objectives.
- Work with multiple areas of the company to identify profitable markets and design appropriate products.
- Remain up to date on current accepted methodologies and new emerging methodologies in insurance pricing.
- Ensure procedures are in place to collect the relevant data necessary for the pricing process and verify its availability, completeness and accuracy.
- Monitor the company’s insurance portfolio relating to changes in mix of business, retentions, current/prospective profitability etc. and report to management as necessary.
- Ensure required regulatory reporting for pricing activity is carried out.
- Manage performance of direct reports inclusive of providing professional and technical guidance and provide regular performance reviews.
- Develop and maintain appropriate relationships with regulators and professional associations.
Qualifications
- Undergraduate university degree in Actuarial Mathematics, Statistics, Mathematics or other related field of study.
- Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society an asset
- Strong knowledge of Quebec Auto insurance products, market dynamics and AMF regulatory environment
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal in French and English.
- Management experience is an asset.
- Extensive knowledge of current insurance pricing techniques.
- Extensive knowledge of the Property Casualty insurance industry and insurance operations in general.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to understand context and its impact on all issues
- Identifies when something needs to be done and initiates action as required
- Adapts to change effectively
- Develops and implements comprehensive plans that bridge complex issues and span across time
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to develop and communicate a vision
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Wawanesa is proud to be one of Manitoba’s Top Employers, a Kincentric Best Employer in Canada and a Forbes Best Employer in Canada recognizing an exceptional place to work!
Diversity Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
At Wawanesa, we are committed to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) and believe that our strength lies in the diversity of our people – this is supported by having a representative workforce.
We welcome applications from all qualified candidates, including racialized persons, women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, gender-diverse and neurodiverse individuals, and anyone who can contribute to the further diversification of thought and ideas.
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